The Gateway of India
The Gateway of India public house stands on the corner of Soho Road and Ivy Road. It will still be remembered to many by its original name "Ivy House".
The Midland Dyeing, Cleaning and Carpet Shaking Co
Two premises listed here for this company. It is interesting to note that carpets could be "taken away" for cleaning. No manager is listed for the Soho Road branch so it may have been that Walter Price ...
The Pump Tavern - 236 Soho Road
The Red Lion, Soho Road
This coaching house had its first licence granted in 1542. The present building is a replacement built on the same site. Oliver Cromwell used the Red Lion to provide stabling for his horses and rest for ...
The Waggon and Horses
Originally built about 1700 and demolished in 1870. Handsworth Council House and Public Library were erected on the site in 1877.
In 1780 this was the place where James Watt's invention of the crank ...
Thornhill House
Thornhill House from the fields, near to the railway line, showing also the rope-walk in the middle of the image.
Thornhill House, Soho Road, Handsworth
Thornhill House, Handsworth. It was occupied in the eighteenth century by John Scales who worked at the Soho Manufactory. James Watt junior lived there prior to moving to Aston Hall, then Matthew Boulton's ...
Tibbitt's Fish and Poultry Market
Tibbitt's fish and poultry market stood on the Soho Road.
The advert is taken from the programme for the Saint James' Church Fancy Fair held at the New Inns Assembly Rooms November 20th to 23rd 1929.
Toll Gate and Rose Hill House
Rose Hill House occupied a site at the corner of Soho Road and Rose Hill Road, opposite the former Methodist chapel. It was the residence of William Creighton who was an engineer employed at the Soho ...
Top Floor of The Red Lion, Soho Road
This coaching house had its first licence granted in 1542. The present building is a replacement built on the same site. Oliver Cromwell used the Red Lion to provide stabling for his horses and rest for ...
Train and Tram Service
Details of Handsworth's train and tram services as published in the Handsworth Church Bazaar.
Trams on the Soho Road
Trams passing nearby the library. An advert for Bovril is prominent on the tram.
Vegetables Display
On sale outside a shop on the Soho Road.
Vegetables Display
Display of vegetables outside a shop on the Soho Road.
Villa Road, Handsworth
Scene at the corner of Villa Road and Soho Road, Handsworth. 1909
Waggon & Horses, Soho Road
The Waggon and Horses Inn was originally built about 1700 and demolished in 1870. Handsworth Council House and Public Library were erected on the site in 1877.
In 1780 this was the place where James ...
Waggon And Horses
This public house stood on the site of what is now Handsworth Library.
Waggon and Horses Inn by J. Laurence Hart
Watercolour sketch by J. Laurence Hart, dated 1877, of an original painting in oils of the Waggon and Horses Inn, Soho Road, Handsworth. The inn was demolished in 1877 and Handsworth Council House built ...